Where are the inspired words when needed?
All the great speeches in the graduation ceremonies should transmit to the students not only when they finish their studies, but also when they start, the one that is about to enter the university or the preparatory one. The first year is crucial because new students really need to hear that great advice.
Aim at the highest
March to the rhythm that marks your heart
Take the road less traveled.
That first year is a sudden awakening.
There is a wonderful song by Brad Paisley in which the country music singer delights us with the advice he would give to the teenager he once was. In the stanza if you could write a letter, the 17-year-old speaks to who would like to take typing classes, study Spanish and not worry so much about algebra
What would I say to the student I used to be? After thinking about it a bit, the message will be reduced throughout the entire preparation time: participate in the game, try everything, enjoy everything, open your heart to someone and something to love, a girl or a boy, a subject, a sport) you do not have to endure those 5 years; Make them as magical as you want, if you stay open to everything and at the same time clear of it.
As Theodore Roosevert said:
It is not the critic who counts, it is the man who points out the way in which a strong man stumbles or could see better done.
The credit is for the man who really is in the game
Dare to participate in the game, a throw yourself into the game of life.
That's what I like to tell my teenage acquaintances that high school, be benevolent with yourself. Some people love high school, others hate it. Of total duration of 5 years, if you take out of the equation the holidays and the really serial weekends of my life.
Three years after accepting an essay on English literature, learn to drive, have a first date, suffer your first broken heart, be punished by grades, constantly discuss with your parents, know that nobody likes you, let grow the biggest pimple you saw on your nose just an hour before the prom, be rejected by the cheerleading team, be a victim of a hazing camp or be excluded from the football team.
These choices depend on you and no one else, we all receive a few bad cards in life the difference is how you play with them or you also know how to live, the pimples and pimples will disappear faster if you do not squeeze them, give a little yourself, everyone says that teenagers are the most self-centered beings, it's a bit different, show them they're wrong and help a little at home, take out the trash, shake hands with a neighbor, hug your uncles, sometimes when you have something to make someone else's life improve a little.
Share your heart to God, dedicate your music, do not go out with anyone who takes you away from the presence of God, find a person who makes you smile and does not make you do bad things, do not change your body, your opinions, or your values for the cheap approval of someone else as Paisley's song says "DO NOT BE AFRAID", these are the most outstanding years of your life, everything will change for good, trust in God, and keep your intimacy with Him
